Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression

About the Course

For support in treating depression, this course offers the best of cognitive behavioral therapy theory and technique. The skills taught in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression have been empirically shown to effectively treat symptoms of various types of depressive disorders. With cognitive behavioral therapy’s understanding of the mind-body connection, you will be prepared to teach your clients techniques like behavioral activation and the ABCDE method that may improve their symptoms and strengthen them to handle relapse. NOTE: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations—A Skills-Based Approach is a prerequisite for this course. You will not receive credit for this course unless you have first completed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations. This does not apply if this course is required by your partner entity/institution.

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Course Overview

  • Estimated Course Length: 3 hours  
  • CE Credits: 3.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers and psychologists / 2.25 continuing education hours for counselorsand marriage and family therapists
  • Course Includes: 7 modules with over 30 components in each module (components consist of a mixed media approach with roleplays, video interviews with subject matter experts, animation explainer videos, knowledge games and more). 
  • Refresher Videos: 1 provider video to highlight key concepts in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression.
  • Target Audience: Mental Health Practitioners 
  • Level of Instruction: Intermediate 
  • Prerequisite: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Foundations: A Skills-Based Approach 
  • Instructional Method: Self-paced, interactive, hybrid of audio, text, video, and learning checks 
  • Accessibility Accommodations: Closed captioning of all audio and video components. Contact support@psychhub.com for more information.
  • Completion Requirements: To obtain your CE certificate, you must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post test quiz. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.
  • Financial/Commercial Support Statement: This course has no commercial support.
  • Conflict of Interest: This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.
  • Grievance and Refund Policies: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.
  • Participation Costs: The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.
  • Course Creation Date: 2/27/2020

Learning Objectives

Course Learning Competencies:

What the learner should be able to do upon course completion 

  1. Work with your client to determine the appropriate resources and techniques to help them manage their depressive symptoms as part of an overall therapeutic treatment plan
  2. Prepare a therapeutic plan with your client to initiate behavioral strategies to help reduce symptoms of depression
  3. Assess the need for safety planning

Course Learning Objectives:

What the learner should know upon course completion:

  1. Identify your client’s negative thoughts and unhelpful core beliefs
  2. List your client’s behaviors that stem from depression
  3. Determine a therapeutic action plan to positively impact your client’s thoughts and actions

Course Outline

Course Activities for CE Credit (≥ 2 hours 17 minutes)*

  • Pre-Course Assessment (8 minutes)
  • Module 1: Seeking Treatment (14+ minutes)
  • Module 2: Starting Individualized Treatment (17+ minutes)
  • Module 3: Cognitions and Depression  (14+ minutes)
  • Module 4: Emotions and Depression (14+ minutes)
  • Module 5: Behavior and Depression (18+ minutes)
  • Module 6: Tools for Behavioral Activation (14+ minutes)
  • Module 7: Ending Treatment and Preventing Relapse (20+ minutes)
  • Theory Tank (10+ minutes)
  • Post-Course Assessment (8 minutes)

Course Activities NOT for CE Credit

  • Participant Evaluation (5-10 minutes)
  • (OPTIONAL) Supplementary Videos for Learner 

*NOTE: Since the course is interactive and each learner will proceed at their own pace, timing is not exact. These are approximations based on average pre/post-test time of pilot testers as well as the run-time of course videos and voiceover.

 

CE Information


American Psychological Association (APA)
Psych Hub is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists completing this course receive 3.00 continuing education credits.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Psych Hub, #1750, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 3.00 clinical continuing education credits.

California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Psych Hub is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT Approval #1000074. Course meets the qualifications for 2.25 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Psych Hub has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7051. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Psych Hub is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course receive 2.25 continuing education hours.

New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0699. New York State social workers completing this course receive 3.00 contact hours.

National Association of Social Workers - New Jersey (NASW-NJ)
This course is approved by the New Jersey Social Work Continuing Education Approval Collaborative, which is administered by NASW-NJ. CE Approval Collaborative Approval period through August 31, 2026. New Jersey social workers will receive 3.00 CE credits for participating in this course.
Approval #: 10072024-244 CE Credits Approved: Clinical

New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0257. New York State licensed mental health counselors completing this course receive 3.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0109. New York State marriage and family therapists completing this course receive 3.00 contact hours.

New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0208. New York State licensed psychologists completing this course receive 3.00 contact hours.

Experts


Barbara H. Stanley, Ph.D.

Dr. Stanley is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of individuals with borderline personality disorder, depression, and self-harm. With her colleague, Dr. Gregory Brown, she developed the Safety Planning Intervention that is used in Emergency Departments, inpatient and outpatient facilities, throughout the VA and on crisis hotlines. She currently holds numerous leadership positions as Professor of Medical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, the Director of the Suicide Prevention Training, Implementation and Evaluation for the Center for Practice Innovation and Research Scientist in Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and the Leader of the Conte Center for Suicide Prevention Project 5, “Stress, Inflammation, Aggression and Emotion Regulation in Suicidal Behavior”.


Gregory K. Brown, Ph.D.

Dr. Brown is an internationally renowned expert in suicide prevention whose work has led to transformational advances in the treatment of suicidal individuals. His research aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of innovative, targeted interventions designed to reduce vulnerability factors associated with suicidal behavior in high-risk populations and to examine and improve the implementation of evidence-based treatments into “real world” settings to prevent suicide. With colleagues, Dr. Brown developed two clinical interventions for individuals at risk for suicide: the Safety Planning Intervention and Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention. The Safety Planning Intervention is an evidence-based, brief suicide prevention strategy that has been used in research and widely disseminated in health care settings, including the VA. Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention, one of the few existing evidence-based psychotherapy interventions, has been shown to prevent suicide attempts among individuals at high risk for suicide. He also provides clinical training for clinicians in suicide assessment and risk management, cognitive behavior therapy for depression, and suicide prevention.